Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB289 Compare Versions

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1	1	HB289INTRODUCED
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3	3	HB289
4	4	HDRV886-1
5	5	By Representative Hassell
6	6	RFD: Health
7	7	First Read: 05-Mar-24
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12	12	5 HDRV886-1 03/05/2024 JC (L)tgw 2024-952
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15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	Under existing law, only an ambulance licensed
17	17	by the State Board of Health may transport a patient
18	18	who requires a stretcher. An unlicensed medical
19	19	transport service may not transport a patient who
20	20	requires a stretcher.
21	21	This bill would authorize a medical transport
22	22	service to transport a patient who requires a
23	23	stretcher, gurney, or cot to medical care services in
24	24	non-emergency medical circumstances.
25	25	This bill would also provide that the State
26	26	Board of Health may adopt rules to enforce this
27	27	authorization.
28	28	A BILL
29	29	TO BE ENTITLED
30	30	AN ACT
31	31	Relating to medical transport services; to authorize a
32	32	medical transport service other than a licensed ambulance to
33	33	transfer a patient on a stretcher, gurney, or cot in certain
34	34	non-emergency medical circumstances; and to authorize the
35	35	State Board of Health to adopt rules.
36	36	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
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66	66	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
67	67	Section 1.(a) The State Board of Health shall not
68	68	prohibit an unlicensed non-emergency medical transport service
69	69	from transporting a patient on a stretcher, gurney, or cot,
70	70	provided that each of the following apply:
71	71	(1) The transport vehicle is designed and equipped to
72	72	hold a stretcher, gurney, or cot.
73	73	(2) The patient is being transported to or from a
74	74	medical care facility under non-emergency circumstances,
75	75	including transportation to and from medical appointments. For
76	76	the purposes of this section, a non-emergency circumstance
77	77	exists when the health and life of a patient is not at serious
78	78	risk without immediate medical treatment, such as uncontrolled
79	79	bleeding, a heart attack, an automobile accident, or other
80	80	serious trauma. The State Board of Health may adopt rules
81	81	further defining a non-emergency circumstance.
82	82	(b) The State Board of Health may adopt rules governing
83	83	the operation and conduct of non-emergency medical transport
84	84	services and vehicles pursuant to this section.
85	85	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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